Editor

Syntax Highlighting

Settings

Fully customizable via Settings | Editor | Color Scheme | M68k Assembler.

Virtually every syntax element can be configured separately. Additional highlighting is performed for privileged instructions (possibly depending on operands). Enable Semantic highlighting to highlight macro call names using a configurable rainbow color scheme.

Parser Highlighting

Detailed on-the-fly semantic error highlighting for all instructions and directives

Method Separator

For macro/endm, section and machine directives (machine, mc68010 etc.) via the Show method separators option in Settings | Editor | General | Appearance

Highlight matching braces and directives

Highlight Misc

• Highlight/navigate URLs in comments and string literals

Documentation

Hover: enable Show quick documentation on hover in Settings | Editor | Code Editing

Mnemonics

View | View Quick Documentation Show mnemonic syntax documentation (or on mouse hover), the current variant is underlined

M68k Browser tool window lists all supported mnemonics with syntax and additional reference documentation

Directives

View | View Quick Documentation Show directive reference documentation

Registers

View | View Quick Documentation Show register reference documentation

Labels

View | Quick Documentation for labels: show preceding lines or EOL comment(s)

Ctrl+Click: Show type and value tooltip for labels

Literals

View | Quick Documentation for number literal: show in decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary notation

Labels

Navigate | Declaration or Usages - Ctrl+Click

Completion

Smart completion for labels, e.g., ranking current local labels and labels from the current file higher in the completion popup.

Builtin Symbols

Completion and Ctrl+Click hover information

Quick Definition

View | Quick Definition to inspect label at caret in a popup without leaving the current editor

Find Usages

Edit | Find Usages (grouped by type)

Rename Refactoring

Rename labels and macros using Refactor | Rename across the whole project with usage preview

Editing

• Smart Edit | Extend/Shrink Selection
• Smart braces/quote handling
• Code | Comment with Line Comment
• Code | Move Element Left/Right
  • instruction operands (if valid): move.l d0,a0 → move.l a0,d0
  • binary expressions: 2*size → size*2
  • register list elements (movem)
  • macro call parameters
  • dc and dr directive values
  • printv, xdef, xref directives
  • ifc, ifnc conditional assembly directives
• Spellchecker with bundled dictionaries (M68k/Amiga/”Scene”)
• Code Folding (Settings | Editor | General | Code Folding)
  • Zero-terminated string literal (dc.b "a text",0 → "a text")
  • Custom regions via enclosing * region [placeholderText] / * endregion comments
• Live Templates (Settings | Editor | Live Templates)
• Code Style Settings (Settings | Editor | Code Style | M68k Assembler)
  • Tab Size
  • Visual Guides

Navigation

• Move Caret to Code Block Start/End for matching directives
• View | Appearance | Navigation Bar
  • Enable Show Members to show the current parent label

Structure

Structure View tool window and Navigate | File Structure popup for the current file

Code Insight

Intentions

Invoke intention via Alt+Enter

Show Used/Free Registers for selection